CBeebies program Hey Duggee earned three trophies at the 2018 British Academy Children's Awards last night in London, while Amazon won its first-ever Childen's BAFTA for Tumble Leaf.

CBeebies reclaimed its Channel of the Year title over last year’s winner TrueTube and saw its hit preschool series Hey Duggee (pictured) from Studio AKA take home top honors in the Preschool Animation, Digital and Director categories at the 2018 British Academy (BAFTA) Children’s Awards last night in London.

After taking home the first Channel of the Year award for an online-only platform in 2017, True Tube fell to CBeebies this year—the sixth time it’s won the distinction since the category’s introduction in 2006.

TrueTube didn’t go home empty-handed though, with wins for its standalone video What Do You Mean I Can’t Change the World? in the inaugural Content for Change category, and Origins for Short Form. The latter tells the inspirational story of a working-class woman of color overcoming low self-esteem, while Origins is a film that examines the influence of a person’s upbringing on their life.

Hey Duggee, meanwhile, snapped up its third consecutive BAFTA for Preschool Animation, and won in the newly launched Digital category for its companion app Hey Duggee: The Counting Badge. The IP’s third BAFTA of the night went to Grant Orchard for Director, another new category this year.

As for the award’s expanded International category, SVOD giant Amazon picked up its first-ever Children’s BAFTA for its hit science series Tumble Leaf, which conquered the International Preschool category. Nickelodeon’s perennial favorite SpongeBob SquarePants won for International Animation, while the third season of CBBC’s teen drama Nowhere Boys from Matchbox Pictures grabbed the International Live Action prize.

In the Preschool Live Action category, CBeebies series Get Well Soon Hospital from Kindle Entertainment was victorious, So Awkward from Channel X North and CBBC won for Comedy, and another CBBC series—Joe All Alone—took home the BAFTA for Drama.

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